The minor characters play a huge role in the action of the novel. Diggory Venn is especially a useful minor character. He is the one to take Thomasin home after she doesn't get married the first time, overhears Eustacia and Wildeve talking about their past love and confronts Eustacia about it, offers to marry Thomasin and in doing so makes Eustacia fall out of love with Wildeve and helps Wildeve to decide to marry Thomasin. Diggory also finds ways to make Wildeve stay home by doing everything but killing him. When the book comes to a conclusion he is the one that goes off in search of Eustacia. In the end he finally gets the girl, Thomasin. Without Diggory in the novel it could have never developed in the manner it did.
The minor characters are the catalysts of the plot. Diggory is the vehicle that enables the action to take place around the main characters. Another minor character that plays a big role is Christian. Because of Christian's gambling blunder, Diggory mistakenly gives all the guineas to Thomasin, a mistake that causes the misunderstandings that lead to Ms Yeobright's death and the breakup of Clym and Eustacia's marriage. I really enjoyed Diggory Venn because he was such an odd character and had his own sub-plot but was still involved with the main characters.
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The minor characters play a huge role in the action of the novel. Diggory Venn is especially a useful minor character. He is the one to take Thomasin home after she doesn't get married the first time, overhears Eustacia and Wildeve talking about their past love and confronts Eustacia about it, offers to marry Thomasin and in doing so makes Eustacia fall out of love with Wildeve and helps Wildeve to decide to marry Thomasin. Diggory also finds ways to make Wildeve stay home by doing everything but killing him. When the book comes to a conclusion he is the one that goes off in search of Eustacia. In the end he finally gets the girl, Thomasin. Without Diggory in the novel it could have never developed in the manner it did.
The minor characters are the catalysts of the plot. Diggory is the vehicle that enables the action to take place around the main characters. Another minor character that plays a big role is Christian. Because of Christian's gambling blunder, Diggory mistakenly gives all the guineas to Thomasin, a mistake that causes the misunderstandings that lead to Ms Yeobright's death and the breakup of Clym and Eustacia's marriage. I really enjoyed Diggory Venn because he was such an odd character and had his own sub-plot but was still involved with the main characters.
Doesn't he remind you of Horatio in Hamlet? -- a minor character with a major role (I know that's antithetical).
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